I bite the bullet and buy my cv joint boots from the dealer as that seems
to be the only guarantee of high quality.  The boots that come from(or
should I say "used to come from" ) Sri Lanka were the ones that got me!
In addition, my experience with "german" made boots has been hit and miss
as well.

DM&FS

  At 06:53 AM 1/27/2005, Warren Lail wrote:
>I have the tranny out of Billy Bones right now, and as I mentioned on an
>earlier post, several of the cv boots need
>replacing.  I replaced one just before Christmas, drove it 2500 miles, and
>the rubber portion completely pulled
>away from the metal part.  I installed it right where the old one came
>off, but it almost looks either too short
>and was thus stretched beyond its ability, or the rubber is so firm that
>it disengaged the housing before
>stretching to accomodate axle swing.  I'm thinking it was a poor quality boot.
>
>Either way, the boot needs to be replaced again.  Who among our list
>vendors has GOOD QUALITY replacement
>boots?  Anyone have experience with different boots from different vendors?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Warren Lail
>88 Westy "Billy Bones"